He reacted smartly when Marco Alonso drilled in a low effort two minutes after the break, while Ashley Williams followed Jagielka’s lead and blocked another from Pedro.

Williams was thrown on at half time as Allardyce shifted formations to try and get a foothold, Sandro Ramirez also appearing to give Dominic Calvert-Lewin some up top back-up.

It made little difference, as Chelsea continued to run the show – although when Williams stuck out his head and turned Victor Moses’ cross against his own bar and over, you sensed it just wasn’t meant to be for Chelsea.

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